Self-regulation of driving and older drivers' functional abilities

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-70

  Baldock, Matthew R J ^a   Mathias, Jane L ^a   McLean, Jack ^a   Berndt, Angela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Driving behavior; Driving performance; Functional ability; Older driver; Self regulation; Speed of information processing; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VELOCITY;

EID: 33749538861     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J018v30n01_05     Document Type: Article

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